Procumbens cascade advice

[Matt3839]

I’ve had this tree for about two seasons and did the initial repot and styling more as practice than anything else. Of course the 15 dollar tree you try and kill doesn’t skip a beat… Anyways it desperately needs to have some branches taken off at one junction, I think it has 4 all coming from one junction. At the time I was just having fun but I’d like to actually try and style this a little nicer and make something out of it. Not really sure which ones to remove but anyone have any thoughts? First photo is the trunk and main branches outlined because it’s too hard to tell. Second photo is the junction that I circled in red.

Eventually I’d like it to go into an appropriate pot but this is all I could find at the time I bought it.


All thoughts welcome. If you need better photos please let me know. Would love to get some advice though!

 

[bwaynef]

Good structure is good bonsai. You may have to make it look bad for it to look good in the long run. I'd simplify that junction and get it back to 2 branches/lines at each spot. In the 2nd picture, I'd likely take off the branch at the top. That'd get everything to two branches if I'm seeing things correctly. Check the images below for insight into how to develop juniper branching (and ignore the pine needles).

 

[Matt3839]

Good structure is good bonsai. You may have to make it look bad for it to look good in the long run. I'd simplify that junction and get it back to 2 branches/lines at each spot. In the 2nd picture, I'd likely take off the branch at the top. That'd get everything to two branches if I'm seeing things correctly. Check the images below for insight into how to develop juniper branching (and ignore the pine needles).

Hmm I looked at it, and I was originally thinking to remove one or two of the bottom branches as the top one is pretty strong and provides a lot of foliage up front but now I’m reconsidering and maybe I can bring one of the back branches forward to fill in the front ..

I know it’s hard to see in photos because it’s so bushy it’s hiding most of the trunk/branches :/ wasn’t sure what other photo would be useful…

 

[Potawatomi13]

Seeing as you want cascade would suggest keep bottom left branch as it gives immediate bend in structure and it goes downward already Also should not wire while growing as bark can slip and kill branch.